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The 1980s witnessed radical advances in the theorisation of the study of literature in the universities. It had begun in France in the 1960s and it made a large impact on the higher education establishments of Britain and America. New life was breathed into psychoanalytic and Marxist theory, while structuralism gave way to post-structuralism. The stability of the text as a focus of study was challenged by deconstruction, a theory developed by the French philosopher, Jacques Derrida, which represented a complete fracture with the old liberal-formalist mode of reading. Coherence and unity were seen as illusory and readers were liberated to aim at their own meanings. Hardy’s texts were at the centre of these theoretical movements, including one that came to prominence in the 1980s, feminism. ↗

— Geoffrey Harvey

#education

Library stacks from this perspective are not a repository; they are a crowd. ↗

— Kenneth A. Bruffee

#education

Words can fool, Words can maim, Words can educate the brain. But when the mind transcends the writer knows, clarity follows where the pen goes. ↗

— K Herz

#education

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#mayoral-control #school-reform #death

He gave her his phone number, in a peculiar reversal of dating procedure. She might have considered kissing him, even after the horrible first date, but he just didn’t seem to know what to do. However, Jeremy does have one outstanding quality. He likes her. And this quality in a person makes them infinitely interesting to the person who is being liked. ↗

— Steve Martin

#dating

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#humor #paraphrased #parody #dating

Most of the funeral stuff is going to be done during daylight hours,” I said. “I’m not even going to be able to attend the burial. Humans get upset when vampires burst into flames right next to them. ↗

— Molly Harper

#humor #vampire #dating

Basically, if the author is totally un-educated, then the text won't bring out his best. Normal, educated people always understand that. But here's the thing—when the author is very highly-educated, the result is the same: the text turns out sub-par. Like if Charybdis was an uneducated cannibal, and Scylla was a sophisticated gourmand. Real literature snakes between the two. Like Hera's hair. ↗

— Elizaveta Mikhailichenko Yury Nesis

#literature #education

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#inspirational #race #women #equality

Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#circumstances #inspirational #motivational #success #experience